Gotta Talk Fast: Thoughts on Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
“. . . [N]owadays it’s all you see anymore is cops, the tube is saturated with . . . cop shows, just being regular guys, only tryin to do their job, folks, no more a threat to nobody’s freedom than some dad in a sitcom. . . . Get the viewer population so cop-happy they’re beggin to be run in. . . . and while you’re at it please kick my door down. . . .” - Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice (2009) “Ben Schwartz in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020).” IMDb , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3794354/mediaviewer/rm3256003073/ . Accessed 15 Jan. 2022. I feel like a lot of reviews of Jeff Fowler’s 2020 video-game-to-film adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog could likely begin the same way—with a listing of Sonic-related experiences, essentially establishing fandom cred before getting into a review of what is ultimately, inescapably, a movie for fans, be they kids or adults. In fact, it’s hard to imagine anyone engaging with Sonic the Hedgehog as just a movie or judging its me...